RUMBA
This captivating favorite of Latin American Dancers throughout the
world is characterized by strong leg and hip action which adds to the
styling of the sensual and sexy Rumba
Rumba acknowledged as the dance of passion/love. It’s danced to slow,
sensual music with Latin beat and features a hip movement known as
‘Cuban Motion’
Rumba, spelled as rhumba, is a ballroom dance of Afro-Cuban folk-
dance roots, which became internationally famous in the early 20th
century. Best known for the subtle side-to-side hip motion of the dancers
with an upright chest, the rumba dances with a simple pattern of two fast
side steps and a slow forward step.
HISTORY OF RUMBA
- It’s developed from “Son” and “Danzon” which transpires from
Cuba in 1860’s
- Cuban Rumba arrived in Cuba with the black slaves from Africa and it’s performed to a fiery orchestra
of drums
- It’s developed from “Son” for regular class and “Danzon” for upper class
- Rumba Cubana is a mixture of Spanish Rumba (Analytic side) and African Rumba (energy and rhythmic
parts)
- Started to talk and hear in US in 1914
- After Lew Quinn and Joan Sawyer introduced it in 1913 then by Emil Coleman in 1923 and Benito
Collada in 1925
- Then, a famous orchestra leader named Xavier Cugat popularized Rumba in the late 1920s
- In 1930 “The Peanut Vendor” by Don Azpiazu’s Havana Casino Orchestra was released, and it became a
hit as the new dance craze
- While in the mid- 1950s, it was introduced to Europe by Pierre Lavelle and has evolved to today’s
“Ballroom Rumba”
- PICTURE IN THE RIGHT
- ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) - include rumba in a competition
- Style became more sensual and known as “Dance of Love”
MUSICAL INFORMATION
Rhythm,: 4/4
Counting : 2,3,4….1
Dance Pattern: Slow- Quick-Quick
This captivating favorite of Latin American Dancers throughout the
world is characterized by strong leg and hip action which adds to the
styling of the sensual and sexy Rumba
Rumba acknowledged as the dance of passion/love. It’s danced to slow,
sensual music with Latin beat and features a hip movement known as
‘Cuban Motion’
Rumba, spelled as rhumba, is a ballroom dance of Afro-Cuban folk-
dance roots, which became internationally famous in the early 20th
century. Best known for the subtle side-to-side hip motion of the dancers
with an upright chest, the rumba dances with a simple pattern of two fast
side steps and a slow forward step.
HISTORY OF RUMBA
- It’s developed from “Son” and “Danzon” which transpires from
Cuba in 1860’s
- Cuban Rumba arrived in Cuba with the black slaves from Africa and it’s performed to a fiery orchestra
of drums
- It’s developed from “Son” for regular class and “Danzon” for upper class
- Rumba Cubana is a mixture of Spanish Rumba (Analytic side) and African Rumba (energy and rhythmic
parts)
- Started to talk and hear in US in 1914
- After Lew Quinn and Joan Sawyer introduced it in 1913 then by Emil Coleman in 1923 and Benito
Collada in 1925
- Then, a famous orchestra leader named Xavier Cugat popularized Rumba in the late 1920s
- In 1930 “The Peanut Vendor” by Don Azpiazu’s Havana Casino Orchestra was released, and it became a
hit as the new dance craze
- While in the mid- 1950s, it was introduced to Europe by Pierre Lavelle and has evolved to today’s
“Ballroom Rumba”
- PICTURE IN THE RIGHT
- ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) - include rumba in a competition
- Style became more sensual and known as “Dance of Love”
MUSICAL INFORMATION
Rhythm,: 4/4
Counting : 2,3,4….1
Dance Pattern: Slow- Quick-Quick
